Poaceae

Genera 814 Accepted species 12,347 Documented here 1,829 Coverage 15%

We document 1,829 of the 12,347 accepted species in Poaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 378 of 814

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Festuca 69 685
Poa 64 617
Muhlenbergia 61 180
Dichanthelium 57 126
Eragrostis 54 427
Sporobolus 54 226
Bromus 47 174
Aristida 46 306
Panicum 38 272
Rytidosperma 35 74
Setaria 35 140
Paspalum 34 360
Austrostipa 27 71
Digitaria 27 264
Elymus 27 205
Bouteloua 25 57
Melica 24 96
Calamagrostis 23 225
Cenchrus 22 109
Agrostis 21 213
Pentameris 20 84
Urochloa 18 89
Glyceria 17 48
Chionochloa 15 25
Bothriochloa 14 37
Chloris 14 54
Eriocoma 14 29
Puccinellia 14 120
Anthoxanthum 13 53
Stipa 13 178
Ischaemum 12 92
Alopecurus 11 49
Andropogon 11 135
Enneapogon 11 26
Hordeum 11 43
Cymbopogon 10 52
Echinochloa 10 34
Ehrharta 10 28
Isachne 9 105
Koeleria 9 81
Leymus 9 69
Phalaris 9 20
Schizachyrium 9 60
Sesleria 9 37
Chusquea 8 199
Leptochloa 8 30
Nassella 8 112
Tridens 8 15
Triodia 8 84
Aegilops 7 25
Brachypodium 7 27
Danthonia 7 27
Eriachne 7 49
Lolium 7 40
Phleum 7 17
Achnatherum 6 19
Bambusa 6 157
Chrysopogon 6 51
Coleataenia 6 12
Cortaderia 6 20
Distichlis 6 11
Eriochloa 6 33
Miscanthus 6 17
Oplismenus 6 8
Rottboellia 6 24
Sphenopholis 6 7
Thinopyrum 6 16
Aira 5 10
Arthraxon 5 24
Austroderia 5 5
Cinnagrostis 5 62
Cynosurus 5 11
Dactyloctenium 5 13
Deschampsia 5 66
Eustachys 5 15
Hilaria 5 10
Hyparrhenia 5 57
Lachnagrostis 5 40
Lasiacis 5 15
Leersia 5 18
Phyllostachys 5 62
Piptochaetium 5 36
Sorghastrum 5 22
Stipagrostis 5 56
Tribolium 5 16
Zoysia 5 10
Agropyron 4 17
Astrebla 4 4
Avena 4 27
Axonopus 4 79
Briza 4 5
Cyrtococcum 4 14
Enteropogon 4 15
Eremochloa 4 13
Erianthus 4 8
Guadua 4 33
Hesperostipa 4 5
Microstegium 4 24
Nastus 4 12
Oldeania 4 7
Pappophorum 4 7
Polypogon 4 24
Pseudopentameris 4 4
Saccharum 4 19
Sacciolepis 4 26
Spinifex 4 5
Spodiopogon 4 15
Stenotaphrum 4 8
Tragus 4 7
Tripogon 4 36
Zizania 4 4
Amphibromus 3 12
Anthenantia 3 5
Arundinaria 3 5
Arundo 3 5
Capillipedium 3 20
Chasmanthium 3 5
Cinna 3 3
Ctenium 3 19
Diarrhena 3 5
Dichanthium 3 20
Echinopogon 3 7
Eleusine 3 10
Elionurus 3 17
Gymnopogon 3 14
Helictochloa 3 23
Hemarthria 3 12
Heteropogon 3 5
Jarava 3 9
Melinis 3 23
Microchloa 3 6
Parapholis 3 8
Perotis 3 16
Phragmites 3 4
Piptatheropsis 3 5
Sorghum 3 20
Themeda 3 30
Triraphis 3 8
Tristachya 3 22
Uniola 3 5
Zea 3 6
Aeluropus 2 6
Alloteropsis 2 5
Amphicarpum 2 3
Amphipogon 2 9
Anthosachne 2 9
Apera 2 5
Arctopoa 2 7
Arundinella 2 57
Avenella 2 2
Beckmannia 2 2
Blepharidachne 2 4
Brachyelytrum 2 3
Capeochloa 2 3
Catapodium 2 9
Cladoraphis 2 2
Cleistogenes 2 17
Cutandia 2 7
Cynodon 2 15
Dactylis 2 3
Dasypyrum 2 3
Dendrocalamus 2 74
Dichelachne 2 9
Diplachne 2 3
Entolasia 2 6
Eremopyrum 2 4
Erioneuron 2 2
Gastridium 2 4
Graphephorum 2 4
Hickelia 2 4
Holcus 2 14
Imperata 2 11
Jansenella 2 2
Kellochloa 2 2
Loudetia 2 25
Mnesithea 2 7
Molinia 2 2
Munroa 2 6
Neurachne 2 9
Neyraudia 2 4
Oloptum 2 2
Orcuttia 2 5
Oreochloa 2 4
Oropetium 2 6
Oryza 2 19
Otatea 2 13
Pappostipa 2 30
Piptatherum 2 31
Pleioblastus 2 26
Pleuropogon 2 6
Plinthanthesis 2 3
Pogonatherum 2 4
Pseudoroegneria 2 16
Rhipidocladum 2 20
Schismus 2 5
Secale 2 9
Sibirotrisetum 2 6
Simplicia 2 3
Sokinochloa 2 7
Stapfochloa 2 8
Steinchisma 2 7
Tenaxia 2 8
Tetrarrhena 2 6
Thuarea 2 2
Trichoneura 2 9
Tridentopsis 2 2
Triplasis 2 2
Tripogonella 2 3
Tripsacum 2 14
Trisetum 2 26
Ventenata 2 8
Zotovia 2 3
Aciachne 1 3
Acroceras 1 24
Acrospelion 1 2
Adenochloa 1 13
Alpagrostis 1 4
Amelichloa 1 5
Ampelodesmos 1 2
Ancistrachne 1 3
Anemanthele 1 1
Anisopogon 1 1
Anthephora 1 11
Antinoria 1 2
Apluda 1 1
Arctagrostis 1 2
Arrhenatherum 1 8
Australopyrum 1 5
Avenula 1 1
Bewsia 1 1
Catabrosa 1 6
Catabrosella 1 7
Cathariostachys 1 2
Celtica 1 1
Centotheca 1 4
Chascolytrum 1 11
Chasechloa 1 2
Chimonobambusa 1 45
Cleistochloa 1 3
Coelachne 1 12
Coix 1 3
Coleanthus 1 1
Corynephorus 1 7
Cottea 1 1
Craspedorhachis 1 3
Cyphochlaena 1 2
Decaryella 1 1
Decaryochloa 1 1
Diectomis 1 1
Diheteropogon 1 4
Dimeria 1 57
Dimorphochloa 1 1
Dinebra 1 9
Disakisperma 1 4
Echinaria 1 1
Echinolaena 1 2
Eragrostiella 1 6
Eulalia 1 31
Fingerhuthia 1 2
Garnotia 1 29
Gaudinia 1 5
Gelidocalamus 1 15
Geochloa 1 3
Greeneochloa 1 3
Gynerium 1 1
Hackelochloa 1 2
Harpochloa 1 2
Helictotrichon 1 39
Hopia 1 1
Hordelymus 1 1
Humbertochloa 1 2
Hyalopoa 1 6
Hymenachne 1 17
Hyperthelia 1 6
Ichnanthus 1 30
Indocalamus 1 32
Indopoa 1 1
Iseilema 1 26
Jouvea 1 2
Lagurus 1 1
Lamarckia 1 1
Lasiorhachis 1 3
Lecomtella 1 1
Leptaspis 1 3
Lepturus 1 15
Limnodea 1 1
Lophatherum 1 2
Loudetiopsis 1 11
Luziola 1 11
Lygeum 1 1
Macrochloa 1 2
Maltebrunia 1 4
Megastachya 1 2
Megathyrsus 1 2
Melanocenchris 1 3
Merostachys 1 56
Merxmuellera 1 7
Mibora 1 2
Microlaena 1 3
Milium 1 6
Miscanthidium 1 2
Molineriella 1 3
Monachather 1 1
Monocymbium 1 3
Nardus 1 1
Neostapfia 1 1
Neostapfiella 1 3
Neotrinia 1 2
Notochloe 1 1
Olmeca 1 5
Olyra 1 25
Orthoclada 1 2
Oryzopsis 1 5
Ottochloa 1 3
Oxychloris 1 1
Oxytenanthera 1 1
Paractaenum 1 1
Paramochloa 1 2
Patis 1 3
Patzkea 1 4
Pentapogon 1 1
Pharus 1 7
Phippsia 1 3
Plagiosetum 1 1
Podagrostis 1 10
Pogonarthria 1 4
Polytoca 1 11
Psathyrostachys 1 10
Pseudechinolaena 1 6
Pseudoeriocoma 1 6
Pseudopogonatherum 1 6
Pseudoraphis 1 7
Pseudosasa 1 23
Psilathera 1 1
Ptilagrostiella 1 1
Rhytachne 1 12
Rostraria 1 13
Sartidia 1 6
Sasa 1 42
Sasamorpha 1 5
Schizachne 1 1
Schizostachyum 1 75
Schmidtia 1 3
Sclerochloa 1 3
Sclerodactylon 1 1
Scleropogon 1 1
Scolochloa 1 1
Sesleriella 1 1
Sirochloa 1 1
Sphaerocaryum 1 1
Stenostachys 1 4
Stiburus 1 2
Stipellula 1 2
Styppeiochloa 1 3
Swallenia 1 1
Taeniatherum 1 1
Tetrapogon 1 10
Thorneochloa 1 1
Thysanolaena 1 1
Trachypogon 1 5
Trichanthecium 1 39
Tricholaena 1 5
Tripidium 1 7
Triplachne 1 1
Triplasiella 1 1
Triplopogon 1 1
Triticum 1 8
Uranthoecium 1 1
Vahlodea 1 1
Valiha 1 2
Vaseyochloa 1 1
Viguierella 1 1
Willkommia 1 4
Yushania 1 88
Yvesia 1 1
Zizaniopsis 1 6
Zuloagaea 1 1
Zygochloa 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 436 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.